Todd Foster

src/main/java/com/hangman/players/YourPlayer.java

@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
 package com.hangman.players;
+
 import com.hangman.Player;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class YourPlayer implements Player {
-  @Override
-  public char GetGuess(List<Character> currentClue) {
-    return 'a';
-  }
+public class YourPlayer implements Player
+{
+    int firstChar = (int) 'a';
+
+    List<Integer> pickedList = new LinkedList<Integer>();
+    @Override
+    public char GetGuess(List<Character> currentClue) {
+        for (Character clue:currentClue){
+            if( ! clue.equals('_')){
+                pickedList.add(Integer.valueOf(clue));
+            }
+        }
+        int guess = firstChar;
+        if(isPicked(guess)){
+            guess = guessFromPickedList(guess);
+        }
+        System.out.println("guess=" + (char) guess);
+        return (char) (guess);
+    }
+
+    private int guessFromPickedList(int guess) {
+        int charCount=0;
+        while (isPicked(guess) && charCount<26) {
+            charCount++;
+            guess++;
+        }
+        return guess;
+    }
+    boolean isPicked(int guess){
+        System.out.println("checking " + (char) guess + " at " + pickedList.indexOf(Integer.valueOf(guess)));
+        return pickedList.indexOf(Integer.valueOf(guess))>-1;
+    }
 }

src/test/java/com/hangman/players/YourPlayerTest.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 
 public class YourPlayerTest {
     @Test
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@ public void GuessesAWhenAIsThereAreAsInTheClueAsWell() {
 
         char guess = player.GetGuess(Arrays.asList('_', 'a', '_'));
 
-        assertEquals('a', guess);
+        assertNotEquals('a', guess);
     }
 }